Neck-yoke



(No Model.)

G. FENTON.

.NEGK YOKE.

Patented May 2,1882.

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GREEN FENTON, OF STREETSBOR-OUGH, OHIO.

.NECK-YOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,158, dated May 2, 1882,

Application filed November 9, 1881. (No model.) i

To all whom 2t may concern:

Be it known that I, GREEN FENTON, of Strcetsborough, in the county of Portage and State of Ohio, haveinvented acertain new and Improved device for N GCk-YOkOS and Whiffletrees; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof.

My invention relates to a device or article for neck-yokes and whifflctrees; and the improvement consists in constrnctingthc article in a conical tubular form of metal, the base or largest diameter of the cone being at or near the point of the pole ring or loop attachment, thence tapering to the ends. The interior of the tube is provided with braces arranged in an angular position and extending through the said tube longitudinally. The central por tion of the tube is strengthened by a sleeve or ferrule, to which the pole ring or loop is connected. For a more full and complete description of the said invention reference will be had to the following specification, and to the annexed drawings, making a part of the same, in which- Figure l is a view of the article as a neck-yoke; Fig.2,alongittnlinal section; Fig. 3, a transverse section in the direction of the line a; as, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal horizontal section of the sleeve or ferrule. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of the said sleeve or ferrule. Fig. Gshows a modification.

Like letters of reference refer tolike partsin the several views.

The article may be made by casting it of iron or steel; or it may be formed up of sheet metal. A combination of the two metals is preferable in some cases.

The cone-shaped tubes A B, Figs. 1 and 2, are strengthened by the longitudinal brace 0, arranged at right angles, or nearly so, as seen in Fig. 3. This brace is fitted closely to the interior of each section A and B in such manner as to admit of the ends at a a lapping or joining onto each other, there being a tenon orrabbets at the points a a, so that one end will be received into the end of the other to admit of the exterior andinterior surfaces of thetube being even and smooth, as seen in Fig.2. The

brace is first fitted into one of the sections, and then the other section is fitted over the brace,

lapping 0n the adjoining section, as before stated. To secure thejoint at c a, and to give additional strength to the central part of the yoke when itis subjected to the greateststrain, a ferrule, D, Figs. 2and 3, is next fitted tightly on over the whiffletree and secured thereto by means of pins or screws 0. On the lower side of the ferrule is a boss, E, in which is a slot, (1, Fig. 4, on each side of which is an angular depression, 0 0, Figs 4 and 5. The slot (1 extends through the boss and is in a right-angular relation,0r nearly so,to the slot. This arrangement of the boss is for receiving and holding the pole ring or loop F, Figs. 1 and 2, which is provided with a T-hcad, asindicated atf, Fig. 2. In connecting the loop with the ferrule the head f is passed from the under side through the slot (1, and then by a quarter-turn of the loop the head f will drop into the recesses c e, as indicated in Fig 2. The loop is connected with the ferrule before it is fitted onto the yoke, which will prevent the head ofthe loop from being forced up out of the recesses, as the head will be broughtin contact with the face or side of the neck-yoke on being raised up, as the recesses are covered over by the whiffletree. It will be noted that the outside ends of therecesses are wider than at thejunction with the slot, the purpose of this being to admit of the loop turning and hanging loosely in the ferrule, that it may be easily turned or moved to receive the pole, and that it may readily adjust itself to the movements of the strain and motion of the pole.

In applying the tubular construction to a double-tree or whiffletree it is made in an oval form, as seen in Fig. 6, instead of circular, as shown in Fig. 1, and when made in an oval or compressed shape, as noted, it is strengthened by an interior brace, G, essentially the same as G in Figs. 2 and 3, only at a different angle to suit the oval form, which is in adetaperingfrom the central part of the whiffletree to the ends, essentially the same as the tapering of theyoke. In adapting the neck-yoke construction to whiffletrees the form only need be changed from a circular one to an oval one. The construction and arrangement of the several parts KOO of circular, thatit may fit to the shape of the The loop or ring F maybe shaped into the The sectional tubular neck-yoke A, having the brace O and the lap-joint a, in combination :5 with the ferrule D, having boss E, with slot and groove 0 e for the reception of the T- headed ring, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereofI affix mysignaturein presence of two witnesses.

GREEN FEN TON.

Witnesses:

J. H. BURRIDGE, W. H. BURRIDGE. 

